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November 13, 2014

Comet lander 'working well', but may be on slope
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2014
Europe's robot lab Philae was "working well" on the surface of its host comet, though likely perched on a steep slope, ground controllers said a day after the probe made its historic landing. Some data suggested the washing machine-sized probe may have touched down three times on the low-gravity comet, which is zipping towards the Sun at 18 kilometres per second (11 miles per second), according to updates from ground control. Philae's anchoring harpoons failed to deploy, but it still managed to ... read more

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